Network: ABC
Date and time: September 6, 1980, 5:00 PM
Format: Tape-delayed
Length: 45 minutes
The Southern 500 was shown in a 45 minute form a week after running on ABC's Wide World of Sports, alongside Legendary Pool Players Trick Shot Wizardry. One unique feature of the broadcast was a camera inside NASCAR's Race Control center, which was very rare for the time.
Personnel:
Announcers: Jim Lampley, Sam Posey
Pit reporter: Chris Economaki
Executive producer: Roone Arledge
Coordinating producer: Dennis Lewin
Producer: Michael Pearl
Director: Larry Kamm
Associate director: Joel Feld
Technical directors: Joe Schiavo, Dave Fee
Studio coordinator: Carol Lehti
Technical manager: Bill Freiberger
Unit manager: Bob Czinke